JP3411692B2 - Bathing care device chair - Google Patents

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Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a chair for use in a bathing care device in which a person with a disability can be suspended and freely taken in and out of a bathtub. 2. Description of the Related Art A bathing and nursing care device has been provided which enables a caregiver to freely enter and leave a bathtub by a caregiver for a physically handicapped person who cannot enter or leave the bathtub from the washing area when taking a bath. I have. The bathing care device includes, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, a column 50 provided for a washing room in a bathroom, a beam 52 for fixing the column 50 to a predetermined position in the bathroom,
A movable body 54 attached to the support 50 and capable of moving up and down along the support 50, an arm 56 attached to the movable body 54 so as to be swingable in the horizontal direction;
It comprises a hanger 58 rotatably attached to the tip of the arm 56, and hooks (not shown) provided at both ends of the hanger 58. This moving body 54 is moved up and down by water, for example, when it is taken in and out of an actuator inside the column 50. On the other hand, the swing of the arm 56 with respect to the moving body 54 and the rotation of the hanger 58 with respect to the arm 56 are performed by hands of a caregiver. [0003] In this bathing care device, in addition to the above-mentioned constituent members, a bag-like housing member 6 made of cloth for accommodating a disabled person.
Requires 0. The housing member 60 is attached to the hanger 58 by either having a hole at the upper end to be hooked on the hook of the hanger 58 or tying to the hook of the hanger 58. This bathing care device accommodates a physically handicapped person inside the accommodation member 60,
The storage member 60 is moved up and down, and the storage member 60 is moved between the bathtub, the washing place, and the outside of the bathroom. With the cloth-made housing member 60, only the upper part and the front part of the body are released so that the person housed inside does not fall from the body during the ascending and descending movement, and the other parts are held by the housing member 60. It has a shape to cover. That is,
The housing member 60 contacts the thighs and buttocks of the accommodated person at the bottom, contacts the back of the accommodated person at its back, and contacts the outside of both arms of the accommodated person at both sides. It is set as follows. The housing member 60 is made of cloth and has a bag shape. Therefore, when the housing member 60 is housed in the housing member 60 and is suspended in the air, the lower front side of the housing member 60 made of cloth is used. The outer edge of the body bites into the body (the back of the knee or the back of the thigh) and squeezes in the direction of shrinking the body with the entire housing member 60,
There is a problem that it hurts the body of a suspended person. Further, since the side of the body is also pressed by the cloth-made housing member 60, there is a problem that the user cannot move freely except for extending the arm forward in the state of being housed in the housing member 60. In order to solve the problem of the bag-shaped housing member 60 made of cloth, it is conceivable to use a chair made of a rigid material. However, some home tubs are short and some are short, so a chair made of stiff material could not fit all kinds of tubs. . [0006] The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and it is possible to make a person suspended in the air painless and to use his / her arms freely and to use a bathtub having a short bathtub. An object of the present invention is to provide a chair for a bathing care device that enables a person with a physical disability to be immersed in hot water while being placed on a chair even when the depth is shallow. [0007] In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a main frame having a portion that comes into contact with a floor, a suspension engaging means fixed to the main frame, and a main frame. A swing frame that is swingably attached to the frame, length adjusting means that is connected between the main frame and the swing frame and that can change the length of itself, A sheet for mounting a person to be mounted and the other end of which is mounted on the swinging frame, and a sheet for supporting the main frame in contact with a floor which is foldably mounted on the main frame and which is in accordance with the folded state thereof. It has a folding frame for changing the height between the seat and the floor. The height and horizontal position of the swing frame relative to the main frame are displaced by the length adjusting means. The height of one side of the main frame is adjusted by the folding frame. Thus, the height and length of a person sitting on the seat can be adjusted, and a person sitting on a chair can be taken in and out of the bathtub even in a low-height bathtub or a short-length bathtub. Next, the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG.
1 is a side view showing an embodiment of a bathing care device chair according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a view in the direction of arrow A in FIG. The main frame 10 of the chair includes a pair of side members 12 having a shape substantially similar to an L-shape in FIG. 1 and a connecting member 14 connecting the pair of side members 12 to one end of the L-shape. The connecting member 14 is in contact with the floor and functions as a front leg of the chair. It is desirable that the pair of side members 12 and the connecting member 14 be formed integrally, but the invention is not limited thereto.
For convenience of explanation, as shown in FIG. 1, the side member 12 is defined as a lateral side member 16 from a position where the side member 12 is connected to the connecting member 14 to the center of the L-shape. The direction side member 18 is used. As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, a front handle 20 as suspension engagement means for passing a suspension rope is fixed near a connection point between the lateral side member 16 and the connecting member 14, and a longitudinal side surface is provided. A rear handle 22 is fixed to the vicinity of the upper end of the member 18 as hanging engagement means for passing a hanging rope. 1 and 2, the handle is shown as the hanging engagement means, but any engagement means such as hooks may be used. A swing frame 26 is swingably mounted on the lateral side member 16 via a hinge 24. The swing frame 26 connects a pair of side members 28 having a shape of “<” in FIG. 1 and the pair of side members 28, and is higher than the connecting member 14 of the main frame 10. And a connecting member 30 arranged in parallel with the connecting member. It is desirable that the pair of side members 28 and the connecting member 30 be formed integrally, but the invention is not limited thereto. The main frame 1
The length adjustment means 32 is provided between the connecting member 14 of the swing frame 18 and the connecting member 30 of the swing frame 18 by hinges 34 and 36, respectively.
Attached through. This length adjusting means 32
Is capable of expanding and contracting its entire length, and can be fixed at any desired length. When the length of the length adjusting means 32 is changed, the swing frame 26
4 around the connecting member 30 of the swing frame 26.
Changes the height in the vertical direction and the position in the horizontal direction with respect to the connecting member 14 of the main frame 10. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a sheet 38 is provided, one end of which is hung on the upper part of the longitudinal side member 18 of the main frame 10, and the other end of which is hung on the connecting member 30 of the swing frame 26. The sheet 38 is for contacting the back, buttocks, and back of the thigh of a person sitting on the bathing care device chair, and is preferably a cloth or mesh. The sheet 38 has one end attached to the main frame 10 that is not displaced, and the other end attached to the displaceable swing frame 26.
The position of the lower body of the person sitting on the seat 38 is displaced. A folding frame 42 as a rear leg is swingably mounted on the longitudinal side member 18 via a hinge 40. The folding frame 42 is used for the sheet 3 against the floor.
8 for adjusting the height. This folding frame 42
Is open to the back (the state shown by the solid line in FIG. 1).
Acts as hind legs in contact with the floor. That is, in this state, the connecting member 14 of the main frame 10 contacts the floor as a front leg, whereas the folding frame 42 contacts the floor as a rear leg.
On the other hand, in a state in which the folding frame 42 is closed forward (a state shown by a dashed line in FIG. 1), the folding frame 42 does not contact the floor, and the L-shaped central bending position of the lateral side member 16 The lowermost point 44 in the vicinity comes into contact with the floor as a rear leg. The folding frame 42 may have a structure in which the height of the seat 38 with respect to the floor is adjusted in a plurality of stages. In addition, this folding frame 42
Is swingably attached to the longitudinal side member 18, but may be attached to the lateral side member 16. Next, a method of using the chair for a bathing care device of the present invention will be described. First, in this chair, a seat 38 is laid over a main frame 10 and a swing frame 26 that can swing with respect to the main frame 10, and the seat 38 supports the back, buttocks, and thighs of the body. A rope (not shown) is passed between the front handle 20 and the rear handle 22 fixed to the main frame 10, and the rope is hung on a hanger 58 as shown in FIG. 5 to suspend the bathing care device chair. . Thus, in the chair for a bathing care device of the present invention, the bathing care device and the main frame 10 as a rigid body are provided.
Is connected and moved up and down, so that the sheet 38 in contact with the body at the time of ascending and descending does not compress the body. Also, since the arm is not pressed, the hand can be used freely. Next, when washing the body in the washing place,
As shown in FIG. 3, the folding frame 42 is opened rearward, the connecting member 14 of the main frame 10 is brought into contact with the floor as a front leg, and the folding frame 42 is brought into contact with the floor as a rear leg. On this occasion,
By adjusting the length of the length adjusting means 32, the height of the swing frame 26 is fixed to the height at which the feet of the person sitting on the chair contact the floor. This allows the user to sit in a normal chair and use his / her hands freely to wash his / her body in the washing room. When putting the body in the bathtub, if the bathtub is deep, the folding frame 42 may be left open as in FIG. If it is shallow, the folding frame 42 is closed forward as shown in FIG. When the folding frame 42 is closed forward, the side member 12
At its lowest point 44 contacts the floor, and this lowest point 44 contacts the floor of the bathtub as a hind leg. As a result, the sheet 3 against the floor
8 can be soaked in hot water up to the shoulders even if the bathtub is shallow. When the length of the bathtub is short, the height of the swing frame 26 is increased by adjusting the length of the length adjusting means 32. When the height of the connecting member 30 of the swing frame 26 increases, the overall length of the bathing care device chair decreases (see FIGS. 1 and 4), and the heel can be pulled by raising the knee. As a result, a person with a physical disability can be taken in and out of the bathtub while being placed on the bathing care device chair, even if the bathtub has a short overall length. In the above embodiment, the connecting member 14 of the main frame 10 is used as the front leg of the chair, and the folding frame 42 is used as the rear leg of the chair. However, the folding frame 42 is used as the front leg of the chair. The ten connecting members 14 may be used as the rear legs of the chair. In this case, the shape of the main frame 10 is changed to match the state. As described above, according to the bathing care device chair of the present invention, it is possible to adjust the horizontal length of the person sitting on the chair and the height of the chair itself. So that a person sitting in a chair can be immersed in the bath tub, whether the bath tub is short or short. In addition, the hand of the person sitting on the chair can be freely used without lifting the body of the person sitting on the chair when moving up and down.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a side view showing one embodiment of a chair for a bathing care device according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is a view in the direction of arrow A in FIG. 1; FIG. 3 is a side view showing a use state of the bathing care device chair according to the present invention in a washing room. FIG. 4 is a side view showing a use state of the chair for a bathing care device according to the present invention in a bathtub. FIG. 5 is a longitudinal sectional view showing a state in which a bathing care device is installed in a bathroom. FIG. 6 is a sectional view taken along line BB of FIG. 5; [Description of References] 10 Main frame 12 Side member 14 Connecting member 20 Front handle 22 Rear handle 26 Swing frame 32 Length adjusting means 38 Seat 42 Folding frame

Continuation of the front page (56) References JP-A 63-13139 (JP, U) JP-A 54-76291 (JP, U) JP-A 59-106462 (JP, U) JP 1-140935 (JP) , U) (58) Fields investigated (Int. Cl. ⁷ , DB name) A61H 33/00 A47C 9/00-9/10 A61G 5/00

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims 1] A main frame having a portion that comes into contact with a floor, a suspension engaging means fixed to the main frame, and a swingable swingably mounted to the main frame. A moving frame, a length adjusting means which is connected between the main frame and the swing frame and can change its own length, and one end attached to the main frame and the other end attached to the swing frame. A sheet for mounting a person to be mounted thereon, and a foldably attached to the main frame for supporting the main frame in contact with the floor, and a height between the sheet and the floor according to the folded state. A chair for a bathing care device, comprising a folding frame for changing the height.